Football

Football in the Philippines had already achieved its peak in the thirties and early forties, after the game was introduced by British sailors from Hong Kong in the 1900’s. I has reached its peak in the Philippines several times, in the early 1900s to the 1940s; however, it later died with the introduction of basketball, and the success of the country's basketball team, sparked fever among most Filipinos. Several attempts to bring back football in the Philippines has failed in the 1960s to the late 1970s, the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is still trying until this day to once again resurrect the game and to once again mount football as a national sport in the Philippines.

Football is very popular and played by many people in the provinces of Iloilo, particularly in the municipality of Barotac Nuevo, Negros Occidental and in Mindanao island.

West Negros University, formerly West Negros College has secured its mark in the football fields of the region and the national arena since its establishment in 1981 and headed by Jose L. Gonzaga.

WNU football team has accumulated several championship awards since 1981 until the present and dominated the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) for the last decade.

It was in the early 90’s when Anthony Carlo Agustin, director of the Sports Management and Development Office took over the program of the University leading the youth to reach their full potential in the field of sports.